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ARNOLD DOLL,- OF CLE VELAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 89,033, dated April 20, 1869.

SAD-IRON HEATER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, ARNOLD DOLL, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad- Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being lad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a side view of the iron.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section.

Figure 3,;an end view.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The nature of this invention relates to a sad-iron heatedby means of coal burned therein, and is thereby self-heatin g.

'In'fig. 1, A represents the iron, which consists-0f a deep boxrof the shape of an ordinary flat iron.

B, fig. 2, is a grate, slightly elevated abovethe bottom of the iron, so that a space, 0, is formed beneath the grate for an ash-pit. v

Said pit is slightly enclosed on the two sides, and access had to the same for removing the ashes through an opening, 1), fig. 2-, extending across the end which, when in use, is closed tightly by a slide, E, fig. 3.

Immediately above said slide is an opening, F, for the admission of air to the under side of the grate, forming a flue, or draught, by means of the plate G, and whereby the coal in the iron is kept from falling down into the flue and under the end of the grate.

H is the top, or cover of the iron, and is hinged to the box at a, so that it can be opened from the point, upward, for putting in the .coal whereby the ironis heated.

'I are guards, for the protection of the hands from the burning coals.

1 am aware that self-heating sad-irons have beenused, but that such irons were of a different construction from mine.

My improvement consists in perforating the cover with holes A, whereby a stronger draught is obtained, nd thus increase the heating-capacity of the iron.

In the ordinary self-heating iron, the cover is tight,

or close, in consequence of which the draught is obstructed. Hence more time is required to, heat the iron than if the cover is perforated as above described.

It will also be seen that the standards B and the cover are cast in one piece, whereas the standards of the old irons are riveted to the cover, thereby adding to the expense of making them. Also, the handle is attached to the standards simply by a wood screw driven into the ends through the standards. The handle, thus fastened, soon works loose on the screws, which drop out, and the handle comes off.-

To avoid this, each standard is provided with a. rib, P, which penetrates the side of the handle, as indicated by the dotted lines a, a notch being cut inth'e handle for its admission. By this device, the handle is preventedfrom turning between the standards, and

therefore it-will not work loose and come off.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the perforated cover H and standards B,in the manner as set forth.

2. The ribs P, in combination with the standards B r and handle G, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ARNOLD DOLL.

Witnesses W. H. BURRIDGFE, FRANK- S. ALDEN. 

